New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1887-04-11
CAPTAIN BOYTON ARRIVES on TINE.

CHEHRED BY BIG CROWD AT THE BATTERY
RIDING GALE AT YONKERs
About 10 o'clock yesterday morning little tug lay at
the pier West Twentyfourthst putting away hard
as II she being hired TO work one Of Barnums
calopes In a few minutes she started up the stream
carrying on board "Tody" Hamilton, few newspaper
men, and one OF Barnums bands TO meet Captain Paul
Boyton. who finishing his swim from Hudson TO the
Battery. Rumors that the captain had experienced ter
rifle gales and had got cntanged with ice fields that
arrival at the Battery at the hour set would be
layed did not disturb Mr. Hamilton lie had in his
pocket dispatch that was convenient English cquiva-
lent OF the times ven vld vci" for 1t read Have
the beer ready" the tug the william n Beach, Cap
tain John Smith, went TO the pier ut One hundred and
twenty -ninhst, where the beer was obtained.
Here the natives were out in full
force, half OF them fishing for tom Gods
so as TO get their hands In for the
strange animal that had been sighted along the As
the tug steamed up to Onc-hund forty second
ST. about noon small row boat rowed by Wallace Ross
was sighted and alongside Of IL curious looking affair
At distance i; looked like big hen hawk that had tried
TO Ing of hen too big for 1t aud was navigating the river
in consequence. As IL came nearer 1t seemed to big
sea-lon swimming Oh its back aud contemplating q
wacrwhec working across Us chest nearer still people
saw something that appeared 10 be head and also what
certainly feet-thcre was no nistaking them. Then
. he shs9 h
Cork. Statutes were fired from the tug and the Captain
5spea Sy s al l s and Bos s na cut The
waves staccato beats that sent the water whng
r1ly 10 tue acted
IKE an Inspiration on him and he padded away as
brsky M II lie had just got into tho But no
was pretty tired he had been since Tuesday
when he began his trip, leaving Hudson at The
full of Ice and when putting Ia at Yonkers
Captan Boyon encountered such severe gale that the
entire crew had to cling to the ship rs one man.
Crowds began 10 assemble along the river front by the
tmo tho captain reached Fifty second st., an he was
vigorously chccred all tho tinc Small crafts followed
him Ike whalcboas after big whale The captain sent
of rockets aud then. and footed his buglc when tho
water did not strnnge the instrument. When he got
opposite the Cuuar pier he took bis boat BABY Mine"
tow and the English seamen cneered vociferously
they marvelled ut the sight OF towing
thought. the whole American Navy. As Captain B0yton
neared the Battery the r0~ds along the river
creased and he was followed by steadily increasing feet
OF small tugs and other craft that kept up din with
whistles and horns. At o'clock, tho fixed hour, the
captain rounded the Battery whero some 10000 people
wore crowdng the sca<wa Up bobbot the captain and
up his flag the crowd howed and cheered and
band played Hall 10 the Chief"
After tue swim Captain Boyton said that 10
was pretty tired but that be would DO all right soon He
went the Ashland House. To-Day no entors on an
engagement With Barnum and Forcpaugh during the rest
OF their stay here this season
The distance that Captain Boyton covered is about 1l8
miles.